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Nut honey cake recipe
Place in a mixing bowl
One cup of honey,
One cup of brown sugar,
Yolks of two eggs,
Nine tablespoons of shortening.
Garlic recipe – sauce
Few American persons know of the garlic but as a rank, pungent flavor. To the foreigner garlic is as sweet tasting as the onion and its
flavor delightful in food. Just that dash that it needs to give it zest. Separate a clump of garlic into cloves and then peel and place in a fruit jar. Now bring one pint of white wine vinegar to the scalding point and then pour it over the garlic. Place on the cover and set in a warm place for two days. Use this vinegar for seasoning gravies and use the garlic, cut into tiny bits the size of a pinhead, for flavoring.
Coddled eggs recipe
Place a teaspoon of butter in an egg glass or custard cup. Break in two eggs, then add one teaspoon of butter and place in a cup of cold water. Bring to a boil and cook for three minutes. Lift cups on saucers, dust the eggs lightly with paprika, and serve. Use two eggs for each service.
Appetizers ideas and recipes
The appetizer is a small morsel of food served at the beginning of the meal, causes a free flow of digestive juice and thus helps the digestion. During the growing season these canapés may be scullions, served icy cold, radishes, cold and crisp and cut into thin pieces, but still left on the stem; well-cleaned, crisp, crinkly watercress; coleslaw, with celery; coleslaw with green and red peppers or with scullions, or with bacon or ham nicely browned; or just a slice of full ripe tomato, spread with mayonnaise and dusted with grated cheese or paprika.
Pepper pot recipe
Place in a saucepan
Two calves’ feet, cut in pieces,
One pound cooked honeycomb tripe, cut in small blocks,
One cup of finely chopped onions,
One bunch of soup herbs,
One teaspoon of sweet marjoram,
Two whole cloves,
Two whole allspice,
Four quarts of water.
Herbs soup recipe
Divide one leek into three parts and cut from the stem up. To this
piece of leek add
How to prepare a stockpot – recipe
Select a pot that has a close-fitting lid and keep it for this purpose. The usual proportion is a one-gallon pot for a family of six. You will require one pound of bones to every quart of water, and
How to fry and how to deep fry
There are two methods of frying:
First – Sautéing-cooking food in the pan with just sufficient fat to prevent scorching. This method is commonly used, but has nothing to really recommend it, as the food absorbs quantities of grease. This makes it difficult to digest.
Delicious muffins recipe
Muffins are made from a drop batter and may be baked in rings, on a griddle, in muffin pans or in custard cups. To bake the muffins in rings on a griddle upon the top of the stove–grease the griddle well, and also have the rings well greased. Put the griddle on to heat when starting to mix the drop batter and keep the rings cool until ready to bake.
California orange bread recipe
Grate the rind of two oranges and then place in a bowl and add
One cup of orange juice, warmed to 80 degrees Fahrenheit,
Two tablespoonfuls of melted shortening,
Four tablespoonfuls of sugar,
One and a half teaspoonfuls of salt,
One egg. Read the rest of this entry »
